Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (INFECTION CONTROL FOR PERSONAL APPEARANCE SERVICES) ACT 2003 - SECT 86

86 General powers after entering places

(1) This section applies to an authorised person who enters a place.

(2) However, if an authorised person enters a place to get the occupier’s consent to enter a place, this section applies to the authorised person only if the consent is given or the entry is otherwise authorised.

(3) For monitoring and enforcing compliance with this Act, the authorised person may—

(a) search any part of the place; or

(b) inspect, measure, test, photograph or film any part of the place or anything at the place; or

(c) take a thing, or a sample of or from a thing, at the place for analysis or testing; or

(d) take an extract from, or copy, a document at the place; or

(e) take into or onto the place any persons, equipment and materials the authorised person reasonably requires for exercising a power under this division; or

(f) require the occupier of the place, or a person at the place, to give the authorised person reasonable help to exercise the authorised person’s powers under paragraphs (a) to (e) ; or

(g) require the occupier of the place, or a person at the place, to give the authorised person information to help the authorised person find out whether this Act is being complied with.

(4) When making a requirement mentioned in subsection (3) (f) or (g) , the authorised person must warn the person it is an offence to fail to comply with the requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.